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Defense Department
September 2023
VIEWPOINT: NDAA Continues Trend of Supply Chain Vigilance to Reduce Reliance on China
By Jessica Curyto and Ed ShapiroThe fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act includes several provisions that continue the trend of vigilance of defense-critical supply chains to reduce the Defense Department’s reliance on China, Russia and other so-called “countries of concern.” -
Emerging Technologies
September 2023
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY HORIZONS: Learning Lessons from MRAP, Operation Warp Speed
By Tom Driggers and Lauren MuhsWhen it comes to procuring defense weapon systems, there seems to be the same discussion: the defense acquisition process, even with all its reform efforts, is filled with inefficiencies. Due to its protracted timelines, bureaucracy and other barriers, the process is frequently criticized for its inability to deliver critical technologies to the warfighter in a timely manner. The current process is hindering the Defense Department’s ability to keep pace with technological advancements and outpace near-peer competitors. -
Air Force News
September 2023
AFA NEWS: Autonomy, Affordability Key to Success of Collaborative Combat Aircraft, Officials Say
By Allyson ParkDefining autonomy, ensuring accurate budgets and increasing affordability is vital to developing collaborative combat aircraft, industry and department officials say. -
Defense Department
August 2023
Missing Synergy: How Defense, Commercial Sectors Can Benefit Each Other
There are very few emerging dual-use technologies where the Defense Department and the commercial sector can not only equally benefit from cutting-edge research and development but do so simultaneously. However, the commercial production of these technologies is significantly more advanced than government-led science-and-technology projects. -
Battlefield Communications
August 2023
JUST IN: Pentagon Needs to Organize Its Data, Official Says
The Defense Department is in the midst of a digital transformation, and arguably the most daunting piece is the combined joint all-domain command and control effort, known most recently as CJADC2. Central to the concept is a unified network, and to pull it off, the department needs to enable better data interoperability across the joint force, said one of the leaders of the effort. -
Defense Department
August 2023
JUST IN: Software, Workforce Critical Concerns for Service Leaders
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the services racing to modernize and pivot to deter peer competitors in the Pacific region, two needs cut across efforts to field new platforms and systems: building and retaining the workforce and acquiring the right software, said service leaders. -
Defense Department
August 2023
JUST IN: DoD Program Aims to Bridge Valley of Death’s ‘30-Foot Gap’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A common problem for defense contractors, particularly small businesses, is the so-called “valley of death,” where technologies fail to make the transition from prototypes into full-fledged military systems. -
International
August 2023
JUST IN: China Needs to ‘Think Twice’ About Hostile Action in Pacific, Official Says
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Defense Department is focused on developing weapons and technologies designed to make China “think twice” about launching any hostile action in the Pacific, said the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. -
Emerging Technologies
August 2023
JUST IN: Tech Acceleration, Ally Partnerships Critical to Deter China, Admiral Says
By Allyson ParkIf the United States hopes to prevent a conflict in the Indo-Pacific, the country needs to up the urgency of tech acceleration and delivery, as well as maintain a mutually beneficial, communicative partnership with its allies, said the commander of PACOM. -
Defense Department
August 2023
BREAKING: Pentagon Launching Autonomous Systems Initiative to Counter China
The Defense Department announced a new initiative called the Replicator Initiative, an ambitious swing at what Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks called China’s “biggest advantage: mass.”
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